I expected the Bond Arms Patriot to be an interesting conversation piece, and a painful one at that.
Wrong.
Well, it is an interesting conversation piece. But firing two .410 shotshells out of it turned out to be not only a very manageable exercise but also a truckload of fun.
Here’s my range report, in pictures, of a short shooting session with the Patriot last weekend…
Note: Here’s where I put down the camera and actually fire off the two rounds at the target from a range of about 10 feet. What did it feel like, you ask? I’ll have to answer in some range of familiar terms: Not even close to the sting of an Airlite .357 Magnum revolver but close to the bark of a .45 1911. Two big pushes I respectfully acknowledged while a huge smile crept across my face. Cocking and aiming and firing and firing again — accurately — will take some practice but you’ll see what my first two shots did to the target. First, extracting the spent cartridges…
For the record, I loaded and fired several more shots. And had an outrageous amount of fun doing so.
— Mark Kakkuri